Eat fantastically well and be healthy too! A collection of affordable, easy to prepare, delicious and nutritious low-salt dinners for family and friends.
While fad diets come and go, the DASH diet is here to stay. Based on research by the National Institutes of Health, and endorsed by top-tier medical institutions like the Mayo Clinic and the American Heart Association, the DASH diet is a scientifically proven method to lose weight and become healthier. With the DASH diet's straightforward approach to reduce sodium and improve overall cardiovascular health, participants have experienced benefits that include lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol levels and a reduced risk of diabetes. In The DASH Diet Health Plan, bestselling health and nutrition author John Chatham compiles the findings of the medical and scientific community into a comprehensive book that makes it easy to put the DASH diet into action. Enjoy the following benefits in this comprehensive guide: * 99 DASH-approved Recipes, ranging from hearty lunches to savory desserts, and all the snacks in between * 147 Dash-approved Foods, ranging from meats and seafood to sweets * The DASH Diet Guide includes tips for navigating your way through the grocery store and helps you start eating a healthy diet * 28-day DASH to Fitness workout plan provides step-by-step exercise routines to accelerate your weight loss and jumpstart your health regimen * 14-day Menu Planner to help you get started Lose weight, improve health and reduce your risk of heart disease with John Chatham's The DASH Diet Health Plan. It's time to DASH to a healthier you.
Maritime cooking starts with great local produce--lobster, scallops, oysters, blueberries, apples, cranberries, maple syrup, and more. There are treasured traditional dishes--hodge podge, baked beans, gingerbread, blueberry grunt--as well as the simple but delicious lobster boil. Leading chefs like Craig Flinn of Halifax's Chives restaurant, Michael Howell of The Tempest in Wolfville, and many others have come up with wonderful new ways of cooking with fresh, local ingredients. Best Recipes of the Maritime Provinces brings the traditional and the contemporary together in one great collection. During her many years as Canadian Living magazine's food editor, Elizabeth Baird was a great fan of Maritime cooking. She has visited every corner of the region to research and write about great local producers and cooks and their recipes. To prepare this collection, she started with well over 1,000 recipes published in cookbooks over the past three decades. From those, she has selected 400+ recipes by over fifty of the region's leading chefs, including Elaine Elliot and Virginia Lee, whose bestselling Maritime Flavours has sold more than 30,000 copies. Also included are tasty recipes from healthy eating champions Maureen Tilley and Sandra Nowlan. This is the book that every Maritime cook will want--and that visitors will take home so they can explore the region's rich culinary traditions.
*Over 450 recipes, historical and new, from timeless and treasured favorites. *Cross-referenced index. *Attractive pen & ink sketches by area artists of local landmarks. *Twenty-one sections from appetizers to pies *Local stories and memories recounted such as "Those Were the Days", "Travelin'", "Readin', 'Ritin', 'n 'Rithmetic".
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